Publications by authors named "Ezgi Ulusoy"

Entertainment experiences have been conceptualized as hedonic (pleasurable) or eudaimonic (meaningful), mirroring the hedonic and eudaimonic components of psychological well-being. However, psychologists have proposed a third component of well-being: psychological richness, which is characterized by variety, novelty, and interest. In this paper we explore the role of psychological richness in film and television entertainment experiences.

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Binge-watching is often studied in research, and discussed in lay writings, under the assumption that it is a maladaptive and problematic behavior. However, as with all media use, there are circumstances in which binge-watching may be functional for an individual. This paper explores the role of intentionality-defined as the extent to which a viewing session was planned and executed as planned-in differentiating problematic from unproblematic binge-watching behavior.

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Background: Status epilepticus is a common and potentially life-threatening neurological emergency with a high risk for cognitive and neurobiological impairment. Our aim was to evaluate the neuroprotective effects of centrally administered irisin and acute exhausting exercise against oxidative brain injury and memory dysfunction due to a pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced single seizure. Male Sprague Dawley rats with intracerebroventricular (icv) cannulas were randomly divided into intraperitoneally (ip) saline-injected control and PTZ-injected (45 mg/kg) seizure groups.

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Two studies were conducted to test the convergence of mass and interpersonal media processes and their effects on YouTube. The first study examined the influence of interpersonal interactions on video enjoyment. The results indicated that positive comment valence affected participants' identification with the content creator, which then affected enjoyment of the video.

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Background: This study aimed to retrospectively investigate the correlation of mean Class I donor-specific antibody (DSA) intensity values detected in Luminex-based techniques with the results of complement-dependent cytotoxicity crossmatch (CDC-XM) and flow cytometry crossmatch (FC-XM) results.

Methods: A total of 335 patients with kidney failure and their living donors whose CDC-XM, FC-XM, and single antigen based (SAB) tests were studied between 2018 and 2020 for transplant preparation from living donor candidates were included in the study. Patients were divided into 4 groups according to their mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) values of SAB assay.

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  • The study investigates the relationship between media use before sleep and sleep disturbance, finding that results vary based on specific conditions.
  • Using a media diary and EEG, researchers observed that media use in bed, without multitasking, can lead to longer total sleep time, while excessive media use is linked to later bedtimes.
  • Overall, the findings suggest that while media use can influence bedtime and total sleep time, it may not significantly impact sleep quality, highlighting the importance of context like location and multitasking.
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Around the world, people display maladaptive, problematic use of online social networking sites (SNSs), like Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram. The symptoms of this problematic SNS use are similar to symptoms of substance use and behavioral addictive disorders, such as relapse when attempting to quit. Individuals with substance use and behavioral addictive disorders also display increased risk-taking when making decisions, but little research has investigated decision making with respect to problematic SNS use.

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Objective: This study aimed to determine the effects of concurrent and prior media use on dietary intake and dietary compensation over 3 days in a free-living population.

Methods: Participants recorded food intake and media use for a 3-day period. The US Department of Agriculture multiple-pass method was used to ensure completeness of food records.

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Aim: Susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases is observed in some primary immunodeficiency diseases. In this study, we aimed to evaluate mycobacterial infections in primary immunodeficiency diseases.

Material And Methods: Patients under follow-up by Ege University Pediatric Immunology Department for severe combined and combined immunodeficiencies, interleukin 12/ interferon gamma receptor deficiency, nuclear factor kappa-beta essential modulator deficiency and chronic granulomatosis disease were evaluated retrospectively in terms of the frequency and characteristics of mycobacterial infections using a questionnaire form for demographic properties, clinical features and laboratory tests.

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Alterations of immune homeostasis in the gut may result in development of inflammatory bowel disease. A five-month-old girl was referred for recurrent respiratory and genitourinary tract infections, sepsis in neonatal period, chronic diarrhea, perianal abscess, rectovaginal fistula, and hyperemic skin lesions. She was born to second-degree consanguineous, healthy parents.

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Background: Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) syndromes are a heterogenous group of diseases characterized by impairment in both cellular and humoral immunity with a range of genetic disorders. Complete recombinase activating gene (RAG) deficiency is associated with classical T(-)B(-)NK(+) SCID which is the most common phenotype of Turkish SCID patients. There is a broad spectrum of hypomorfic RAG mutations including Omenn syndrome, leaky or atypical SCID with expansion of γδ T cells, autoimmunity and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections.

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Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare autosomal recessive, multisystem, neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by oculocutaneous telangiectasias, variable immunodeficiency and progressive neurological impairment. Definitive diagnosis is made by revealing a disease causing mutation on ATM gene. Missense mutations and polymorphisms of ATM gene can play a role in the development of thyroid papillary carcinoma.

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It is well known that disseminated Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection is developed after BCG vaccination in infants with congenital cellular immune deficiencies such as mutations in genes along the interleukin (IL)-12/interferon (IFN)-γ pathway and mutations in nuclear factor-kB essential modulator (NEMO). In this report, a rifampicin-resistant M.bovis BCG strain isolated from an infant with NEMO defect was presented.

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Introduction: Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist deficiency is a rare autoinflammatory disease involving neonatal onset of pustulosis, periostitis, and sterile osteomyelitis. The underlying genetic abnormality involves a recessive mutation in IL1RN, which encodes interleukin-1 receptor antagonist. In this case report, we describe a case of a 12-year-old Turkish girl who initially was presented at 1 year of age, older than previously reported children with interleukin-1 receptor antagonist deficiency, and with a novel mutation, p.

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  • The study investigates innate immune defects in common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), focusing on various immune cell functions and expressions in CVID patients compared to healthy controls.
  • Results show CVID patients have elevated CD3(+)CD8(+) T cells, lower CD4(+)CTLA-4(+) cells, and decreased NK cell numbers with increased cytotoxicity, suggesting altered immune responses.
  • This research emphasizes the importance of evaluating innate immunity in CVID to better understand infection severity and recurrence, highlighting the need for further studies in this area for improved diagnostics.
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Thrombocytopenia is one of the most common hematological abnormalities found in neonates. The causes, treatment modalities, and outcomes of neonatal thrombocytopenia have to be evaluated for providing better care and follow-up. In this study, our aim was to assess the prevalence, causes, treatment modalities, and outcomes of thrombocytopenia in neonates.

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